Sunday, February 24, 2008

Sigma 170-500 f5-6.3 APO on Nikon D3


I dug out my old Sigma 170-500 zoom to see how it performed on the D3. I had never been happy with it's performance on the D100 or D2x.
Much better results with the D3 even though the light levels today were poor and the cold weather has come back again. The Auto Focus was fast. Here are a
I dug out my old Sigma 170-500 zoom to see how it performed on the D3. I had never been happy with it's performance on the D100 or D2x.

Much better results with the D3 even though the light levels today were poor and the cold weather has come back again. The Auto Focus was fast. Here are a few taken today at 4 - 7 metres at iso 800 - 1600 . Neil.

ps the second photo is a crop with no adjustments.



Nikon D3 plus Sigma 170-500 zoom APO (old model )



Lamma Island,

Hong Kong,

China.

February 2008

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